Do yourself a favor and go to Miles, Carl's, or Dicks and try some of the irons. It's free and you really can't tell which set is right for you without hitting them. As mentioned getting fitted for the shaft length and lie angles for irons is also important.

Yeah, tough to figure it out right. Michigan loses to #1 Alabama and drops to 19th in poll. A couple weeks later Georgia lays a goose egg against #6 SC and falls only to 12th in poll. Both started from number 5, and a SEC team only falls half the number of spots even though the team they played was ranked 5 spots lower. At this point I guess it is who cares and hope Michigan can win the Big Ten.

You are nuts, or a troll, or a trolling nut. Stonum never played for Michigan again in the end... He got a chance to improve himself as a person and he did not play a down for Michigan again. What is tougher than that? Would you kick the players with issues out the door without trying to help them? Is that better for you? I prefer our coaches treat our players as young men who make mistakes like anyone else and can benefit for guidance and discipline.

I think we can trust Hoke to do the right thing here. Last year he was very stern with Stonum and I don't see a track record of ignoring playing conduct issues for people to be upset about. Not defining a specific punishment or timetable is a great way to do this. Fitz has to earn it back. This method gives our coaches a way to evaluate if understands his mistakes and is making an honest effort to change. Even sitting him out for one game, two games, four games etc... Only sets a consequence, it does not necessarily provoke change in a meaningful way. I would say bravo for handling it in a way that can help improve the young man as a person. We can debate if it was enough after it is all said and done, although even then only people close the situation will probably know all details about the punishment.

Right on, I think people close to the situation that know Ftiz and know the exact details are better judges of what the punishment should be. I will be happy to let the coaching staff be the judge of that since they are privy to the facts and the character of player. Hoke and company have not been overly light in past, and I don't see a reason to doubt the coaching staff's judgement.

He did look slow this year, and he had horrible puck control on the boards for a power forward. He could not keep the puck when he had it deep, and he could not take it away on defense. I think he had some lower body injuries this year and hopefully that was the issue with the missing spring in his step.

Yeah, it seemed like the popular opinion from the analysts was VT would be motivated by the negitive media around them being selected for a BCS game. Knowing what our senior class has been through with negitive media over their entire careers I find it hard to believe we will be lacking any motivation.

With about 14 minutes left in the second quarter Montana goes for on fourth and a couple inside the twenty instead of taking the FG. They end up coming up three short after a good comeback. I hated the call when they did and although some CHARTS show fourth downs are too conserative in general, that has to hurt.

Hopefully there will be officers to keep traffic moving. I have gone to UM vs MSU games where the lots opened at a specific time and they had officers posted at the entrances making sure lines did not form.

Agreed, it would seem to get "tired" would take some number of plays. Certainly no defense is tired if their offense goes three and out in the first drive. Maybe a break down by quarter, or look at third / fourth quarter specifically? After x plays or drive? Of course later in the game coaching adjustments might effect the effectiveness of defensive squad unless you consider those to be a wash.

I wonder what the average number plays/time a good defense is on the field versus a bad defense.

That huge drop in defensive rating between 2007 - 2008 pre -GREG should be considered. It seems like comparing the GREG ave against this non-GREG average, or even against an all-time average, would have to take that event into account.

It would be useful to see historically how fast a defense can recover after such a steep decline, and how other D coordinators have faired the two years following a similar event.

I know Indiana's pass offense may have been the reason for so many three man fronts, but don't we need these young players to be playing out of base defense more so they can improve at it? I suppose it is a little catch 22, but most of this defense will be here next year. Not playing the base defense because of one or two weak talent spots hurts the development of all the players.

The ballot will consist of all 120 FBS quarterbacks. The Selection Committee will be asked to select their top 16 candidates from the ballot. Ballots will be issued the week of Oct. 18 and are due Oct. 24.

Beginning Sept. 7 fans will have all 120 FBS starting quarterbacks to choose from until the voting closes at noon CT on Oct. 24. The fan vote will count for 5% of the overall Semifinalist vote.

It was not such a bad thing overthrowing those deep balls, sure we like to hit the open guys. However, it was in the middle of the game and if you are going to miss do it where it will not be an INT. At the end of the game when it was on the line he threw a jump ball Hemingway instead of putting way out in front. I think he would have been more aggressive with those eariler throws if the situation warranted it.

I tried it back then, it was not great. You could see most main page text, embedded items not so much. You could not comment, and I believe you could not even access comments and boards. Could not follow links, etc... If you have a new fangle phone it would probably be a better option than a kindle for MGoBlog.

That aside, the kindle is great for reading books and easy to travel with. I did have my first one die after about 6 months, amazon sent me a replacement next day air.

Seemed a little hard on Rogers on that deep play. I am no expert but the LB dropped straight back where slot was going leaving no one in the flat. He saw the TE go to the flat and ran up, seemed like that was correct.

Wonder where that knee was a few frames backs as well, obviously on the ground there. Who cares though, WE WON! Let's hope the next few games don't require DRob more than the first half.

edit: It still does not matter, weeeeee! However, looking back that is probably not a penalty if the ball was already loose. Everything goes out the window then, no cheap shots obviously, but holding pull him back like that is not a penalty.

Hope he stays! D-rob took so many hits against UConn it is hard to believe he won't get banged up and miss sometime this year. Gardner is a true frosh, if it gets in and plays like it we will need Tate badly.

He looked good, but I wish UConn pushed deep a little more. I would love to see us defend some deep stuff! It looked like they did alot of zone where the CBs would cover then pass the WR after about ten yards. Not sure how big the seem is between that switch, but could be something to watch out for.

Michigan is up three scores in the 4th quarter and no one has left the game yet. UConn fans take heed.

Think this was referring to the fans. It was great today, have you ever seen so many people in the stadium early! I got there 45 minutes early and it was already pretty full. I know there was alot of hype for the rededication, but it was great to see. Go Blue.

Oh memories, me and a buddy used to roll down the windows when crossing back into Michigan from Ohio and berate the state. Have to force myself to sleep soon, need to go for a run in the morning to offset the tailgating. Nine minutes till gameday.

1) You find street parking that early all over. I think east of the stadium, on industrial there are lots of side streets by the apartments. In the 7 th street to pauline grid on the east side, although people pay park in their yards in this area as well. So they will load the streets with their cars and take up extra spaces. Yard parking will be cheaper than the GC or Pioneer.

I would recommend the good old scalpers, worst case you pay that $100 a ticket or whatever stubhub is. A good idea is to find a corner like the diag with scaplers all around. Talk to a few of them, then improve your position by telling them how much cheaper the other guys are.

I think in general an overrated team has to be traditionally one of the top three teams in a conference. So I don't think MSU or Wisconsin would fit the bill. Traditionally Michigan would surely fit that bill since they have been a Big Ten power, and had 3-4 loses many of those years.

There will always be teams overrated, and there will always be teams underrated. I would prefer to be overrated as it indicates past success.

I think "off the bandwagon" means people who don't watch and follow the team until they are ranked high, or in a big bowl game. I don't know that not approving of RR, means people are not cheering for and supporting Michigan. I can't think of anyone I know that has stopped going to games, or said they wouldn't until RR was gone. We just have not been competitive in enough games the last few years, and even the fans "on the wagon" search for reasons to explain that. Heck, in the past even when we had 3 or 4 loss seasons there were coaches / players under fire from the fans. I think it is possible to be a supportive fan and disapprove, or have negative opinions, about certain aspects of the program.

I believe most fans understand the program, and individual pieces, are dynamic and change each year. Eight or more wins would settle a lot of the negative opinions. I personally hope Michigan has a great season and we can keep RR in the Big House.

That is pretty cool, however it would be nice to see the money distribution as well. Even though most people here will be under 1 percent, there is a pretty steep curve at the top. Anyone want to go in on some Honduras apples?

It's a great spot, I have been tailgating in a reserved spot there the last couple years. Like Blaze said there is a "no alcohol" rule on the school grounds, but I have never seen it enforced. I would imagine if you were too out of hand, then it might be invoked.

I won't fly spirit airlines either. I was on a plane where the engine burnt out on throttel up. Not a great feeling to be at the head of the runway and hear that! Glad it was then and not 30 seconds later. They did put me on another airline upon my request.

As far back as I can remember, there has always been a CB people complain about. It is one the toughest positions to play, also any mistakes are extremely visible and often costly. We see BC again this season I am sure.

Not sure if TV coverage will show this in your UFR, but if it does please pay attention to the following on that 85 yard TD.

There was a late adjustment on the D-line. I remember seeing someone (probably VB not sure though) want to switch, for the strong side. BG waved it off, then relented and switched late. Right before the snap and possibly in response to the d-line switching sides, JM started to switch and it brought it him away from the play side. Right then it was snapped and we were at serve disadvantage on that side.

Good kid, works hard and means a lot to the team even if he is not the future Michigan QB. I would not be surprised if Nick is rewarded with the first series Saturday, and if anyone around me boos they might find their eye poked.

Yeah I would think you would want downtown in the Main street area. State street is more of the college crowd and I think you would lose the fine beer vs. cheap beer debate with the majority of the students. That said there are already two in the main street area ABC and Grizzly peak. Not sure if the market would support another. Leopold went under, but I am not sure if they served food as well? I would think you would need a kitchen support the revenue.

This is the exact same footage from the season's first "Inside Michigan Football" that was on FSN last night. I think replays this afternoon, but it is really the same thing with a spot on the defense.

"• These annual commitments cover the cost of sixteen football season tickets in each suite and four football parking permits per suite.
• The majority of your annual commitment is considered a donation"

EDIT: of course you would need to be "blowing it out" for 3,5, or 7 years not just one.

"Suite commitments are for three-, five- or seven-year terms. The annual requirements will escalate at 3% annually for the three-year term, 2% annually for the five-year term and 1% annually for the seven-year term."

I think if both coaches agree at the start of the scrimmage they can do no contact on the QB in the pocket. The refs at my brother's scrimmage did this last week. The refs just blew the whistle early when the D approached the QB.

I like my Kindle, but not really made for enjoying a blog. I did check it out. Images appear fine, no quoting, and charts are smashed in however it feels like it. Links can be followed, but the browser blows which is why you can't just navigate to a blog in the first place.

He gets American food and gets to know we are a bunch of a-holes! I do know the guy you are talking about and yes he is annoying. I would imagine if they are not packed, which they often are, it is quite pointless to make you wait.

I think people get a little carried away with these top numbers. I do not mean to defend rating services, but how many high school football players are there in the country? A quick search points at over 1 million in the US. Holy crap that is a large sample! Sure looking at only the standouts would lower that number, but even then to be rated in the top 1000 would mean you are truly outstanding.

On the other hand, for a service to create rankings instead of a broad rating with those kind of numbers is kind of ludicrous in itself.

Is that why people think our schedule is weak too? Here are the last four years for Minn. I would take our scheduling instead of this. I think the ideal would be two BCS non-conf and two cupcakes(Alternate Home-Away series so you get 3 home non-conf).

In addition to the environment where it is run, you are always trying to get a number where the high-low range is typically around half second for skill positions. Most are not electronic and taken by a few people with stop watches.

Yeah I would imagine the whole concept of momentum, emotion, and other physiological factors probably can't be figured into probability. But losing a close game to a good team, or gasp losing to an opponent you should not, has to greatly effect the actual chance of winning the following games.

Perhaps someone could pull up some historical data where this has happened, then compare the subsequent game results to the prediction.

The Franzen goal in game one was completely due to Fleury's poor positioning, not the Pens being "unlucky". He was several feet outside the crease on the initial shot, and had no chance at making a normal recovery. Also, Cleary had his stick on the ice ready to tap it in if it missed Fleury's Pad.

Pens are losing because they are not playing as well as they can. Let's hope they pick it so we can watch a good game tonight.

His goal from the slot in game 5 was sweet. He came up the right wing spotting Hiller's position, then cut into the slot and fired the shot with his eyes and head pointed toward the left wing. He has a quick release and Hiller barley had time to react.

Nice and close to the stadium obviously. You get to see the bands go by before the game, and the players walk through after. All depends on what you are looking for in a tailgate. More drinking and game playing etc... on the course. Far less can snipers in the lot.

.. play my little bros team this year. He seemed pretty solid, good routes and fast. However, he did get a few jump balls knocked out of his hands by shorter corners which was surprising. Glad to see he is coming aboard, he seemed to have a lot of athletic ability. Here is a good pic from the game there are some more in the gallery.

It's not bad to have a team leader in huddle and since day one RR has mentioned Minor as one. I think we will see plenty of him this year. RR also mentioned the freshmen will play and we will see that plenty of that as well.

I was thinking the same thing at first, but I think we will get some big plays for scores. There will be fumbles and go-no-where drives, but I think with the talent and system we will get some breaks, even with the growning pains.

I think the actual number of players that go to the NFL is a pretty useless number. Nice for bragging rights or the such, but not much more. That said, running a pro-style offense gives experience to players that could translate into draft value. Of course Michigan always gets great recruits, and that will continue to translate to draft day.

I think an interesting question might be how will this effect recruiting? Will recruits devalue Michigan because they want a Pro-Style offense? And with the unique skill sets required for this offense, would it even matter if we lose pro-style offense players?

I am too lazy to read all the new comments, can this thread die yet? Anyway if it has not been said, I bet dollars to doughnuts his lack of spiral probably has a lot to do with new coaching on his mechanics.

The shuttle gauges change of direction and acceleration more then pure speed. Personally this seems like a better indicator than a 40 time for just about any position in football. As far as ESPN reporting it wrong, they could have at least had the decency to make it lower then Bo J's mythical 4.12
http://espn.go.com/classic/s/jacksonboadd.html

[OT] : "Though he says he doesn't follow most sports, Jackson is a fan of the WNBA and watches outdoor shows." really.... really?

I think with the style offense RR runs it is mostly a given the desired players change in size and ability. One thing I am wondering about is how many higher level, and NFL sized recruits, we might lose now that we do not run a "Pro Style" offense. I would think we might end up with lower draft numbers in the coming years. not that it matters terribly, maybe different fluff in the press guide.

The money is off, I paid for my little brother to go to camp it was 215 for a commuter. For a few hundred more they give room and board for the camp.
Edit: Little early number are right... Where is that caffeine?

If all S&C hype is true, then I doubt there is a single fat slow player left. Additionally, some of the earlier "playing time optional" quotes suggest players not selling out will be riding pine. I think we will be impressed by the conditioning of everyone including the o-line. The real question I think is the experience/technique/execution.

"Beyond the jersey, TechFit PowerWeb - featured in a special calf sleeve for players that improves oxygen delivery to the leg and increases blood flow. It is proven that Tech Fit can improve run times by 1.1 percent and provide 5.3 percent more power."
Now that sounds like snake oil.